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What can we do today to anticipate the unexpected? Strategic foresight is not about predicting the future, but using concrete tools to anticipate what could come next, and act accordingly. It hel...

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Amman, the capital of Jordan, has for years been a frontline city for migration and refugee arrivals. In this new episode of 10 Minutes with the Mayor, Yousef Al-Shawarbeh, mayor of the Greater Amm...

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40 years shaping the future of metropolises Metropolis is the global network of the world’s largest cities and metropolitan areas. Since 1985, cities come together through Metropolis to create a m...

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What can mid-sized capital cities share with the world's large cities and metropolises? How do they deal with urban challenges and why is internationalization important for them? These and other q...

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Having led UN-Habitat as executive director for over 6 years, Maimunah Mohd Sharif, now mayor of Kuala Lumpur, brings a powerful perspective on why the voices of cities matter on the global stage. ...

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Use the power of data for your city, plan smarter and shape the future. Metro Futures lets you benchmark city performance, explore data visualizations, and compare over 70 cities worldwide through...

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What is the role of mayors when it comes to building a culture of peace in a context of violence? In this new episode of 10 Minutes with the Mayor, Issa Kassis, mayor of Ramallah, explains how re...

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The Mayor invites you to celebrate the Metropolis 40th anniversary Seoul Congress at the upcoming Congress in Seoul this September. Join this unique opportunity to discuss urban innovation, sustain...

In October 2024, global cities gathered in Barcelona for the Metropolis Diploma in Internationalization for Local Authorities. Participants were learning how to build an internationalization strate...

The new episode of Metropolis' video series "10 Minutes with the Mayor" takes us to the world's 5th largest metropolis, which is also the most populous city in the Southern Hemisphere. Ricardo Nu...

On this third episode of Metropolis series of mayoral interviews, Sello Enoch Dada Morero, recently appointed Mayor of the City of Johannesburg Metropolitan Municipality, speaks with Metropolis sec...

Balendra Shah, mayor of the capital of Nepal, talks with Metropolis secretary general Jordi Vaquer about the effects of climate change on the city and the meaning of "quality of life" in a south-as...

Barcelona Metropolitan Area brings together 36 different different municipalities, with a total of 3.2 million inhabitants Digital technologies are a crucial tool to coordinate the area’s differen...

In this first episode of Metropolis' series of mayoral interviews, Jordi Vaquer talks with Claudia López about local care policies, women's time poverty and what it means to be a "caring city". L...

Our new series of video interviews with mayors and former mayors addresses key issues and challenges that metropolises across the globe share. From climate change to housing, sustainable transpor...

City leaders hold immense influence in advancing gender equality. That’s why we need empowered women leaders in local government, with the skills and platform to implement transformative policie...

Women undertake 76% of care work – which is often invisible, undervalued and unpaid. City governments can shift this imbalance by placing care at the heart of their policies. But what does this...

The Metropolis Diploma in Internationalization for Local Authorities is an accredited training, providing participants with the skills, tools and knowledge to foster international action in their t...

In October, 2023, Metropolis organized the City Managers Community & Chengdu Learning Hub, which was hosted by the city of Chengdu and funded by the Metropolitan Area of Barcelona. Chengdu is a

Bogota, the capital city of Colombia, is the country's political, economical and cultural epicenter. Home to almost 8 million people, the city has become an international reference in innovative so...